Tag: artist
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Photographer Takes Intimate Portraits of Her Playful Dogs
Now this is the kind of post our mascot is definitely a fan of! You can check out his very own feed on Facebook and Instagram. German photographer Elke Vogelsang makes a living shooting weddings and portraits of people and animals, but some of her favorite subjects are none other than her own three dogs, named…
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Artist Paints Common Foods to Disguise them as Other Foods
In this fun series of painted objects titled “It’s not what it seems” by artist Hikaru Cho, common foods are transformed with deftly applied acrylic paints to look like other foods. A banana is turned into a near photo-realistic cucumber, a tomato becomes a tangerine, and even an egg is made into a glistening eggplant.…
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Origami Artist Creates Life-Sized Elephant From One Piece of Paper
He’s done it! Professional origami artist Sipho Mabona has created a huge, life-sized elephant with just one sheet of paper. His most ambitious work to date, the elephant took Mabona and a team of over a dozen people four weeks to complete. Standing just over 3 meters high (or 10 feet tall), the work is…
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The Artist Who Paints With Their Fingers Only… and is Bellissimo!
Southern Italian artist Paolo Troilo lives and works in Milan. Troilo’s explosive paintings are created without any brushes and instead he uses only his hands and jars of black and ivory acrylic paints. He consistently depicts himself as the only subject in his work. Troilo states that this change of technique occurred in 2004 when “I did…
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Famous Landmarks Zoomed Out To Show Their Surroundings
This collection of photographs of majestic landmarks around the world do a great job of just how important framing, perspective and lighting are to a photograph. All of these photo pairs are of the same object, but the changes in perspective can make them seem more or less grand. A change of perspective can change…
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15 Remarkable Colorized Photos Will Let You Relive History
Following on from our very popular post 40 Must See Photos of the Past, we were pleasantly surprised to learn that there are people who work exclusively in colorized historical photographs. Of course, the phenomenon comes to us courtesy of Photoshop and the talented editors who transformed black-and-white images into digital works of art. We’re…
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Photo Series Uncovering Adverts That Actually Grab Your Attention
Companies trying to sell you a product will do anything to cram their ads down your throat, but it’s always nice when they show a bit of creativity and taste when trying to get your attention. Ambient ads are one such specific form of advertisement, which seeks at once to become a part of its…
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An Amazing Insight Into the Life of The Dinka People of Sudan
This stunning series of images by Carol Beckwith and Angela Fisher portrays the lives of the Dinka people, who herd cattle in South Sudan. The Dinka people vary their lifestyle by season – in the rainy season they live in permanent savannah settlements and raise grain crops like millet, while in the dry season they herd cattle along rivers…
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Breathtaking Photos of Asian Landscapes And People
Asia is a land of fascinating nature, history and traditions, and this is exactly what photographer Weerapong Chaipuck captures on camera and shares with us in his stunning images. The Thailand-based photographer found his brand new passion for this visual art only after an early retirement from the medical profession, which makes his amazing photographic…
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The Power of Photoshop… Turning Pizza Into a Supermodel
There’s a lot of hoo-ha around the ethics of photoshopping, particularly in the world of art, fashion and beauty. Does it encourage unrealistic expectations of beauty and self-image? Probably. But it turns out this is the least of our problems – you literally can’t trust anything you see now as this video from College Humour shows. That pizza you’re…